We woke the next morning to a slight shock. But it wasn't from
pikachu. Ian had apparently been in Cinnabar a few days and had
been fishing off the coast when we had arrived but we did not
notice him. Ian had been training hard and had collected many new
pokemon. He showed us his team : Blastoise, ninetails, gengar (he
is a trainer from Lavender after all), pidgeot, electabuzz, and
exeggutor. We caught up on our adventures since we met in
Lavender. We told him about our recent victories and he shared
his with us.

"Yeah I really mopped the floor with Yoshio. He was a
real pushover." Ian said. "Blastoise really took care
of that muk."

While we were chatting, a large explosion occurred. We ran
outside and saw that a large laboratory in flames. I grabbed
squirtle's pokeball as Ian grabbed for blastoise. We ran to the
lab with pikachu and Andrew hot on our heels. We made it to the
lab. We could feel the intense heat emanating from the building.
Ian let out blastoise and I let squirtle out.

"Blastoise! Water gun!" Ian yelled.

"Squirtle! Double team!" I yelled.

Blastoise let loose with two blasts of water from the cannons
in it's shell. Squirtle opened his mouth and let loose with a
water blast. They shot their water at the building's front door.
The flames that were coming from the door subsided and we went
in.

"Let's split up!" I said. "Salvage what you can
and help out any stragglers!"

Ian and Andrew were not about to argue with that. Ian went up
some stairs and Andrew went into a nearby hallway. I went
forward, pikachu and squirtle followed. I found some files
scattered on the ground so I quickly swept them up and stuffed
them in my backpack. We searched around for awhile, squirtle
paved the way by dousing fires here and there. Then a scientist
ran from a room screaming.

"They've escaped! They've escaped! Run for your
lives!" He yelled as he ran past me.

I ignored him and forged onward. As I turned a corner a flame
shot over my head. I saw a large orange pokemon standing in front
of me. I pulled out dexter.

"Magmar. The spitfire pokemon. Its body always glows with
an orange glow that enables it to hide perfectly among
flames." Dexter said.

"Maaagmar!" Magmar said as it shot another flame at
me. I rolled out of the way. Squirtle and pikachu jumped in front
of the magmar.

"Squirtlesquirt!" Squirtle said.

"Pikachu!" Pikachu said.

Maaaagmar!" Magmar shot a flame at pikachu, but pikachu
was quick to dodge. Squirtle opened up with a bubble beam attack.
The attack hit home and the magmar reeled back. The magmar
recovered and shot a flame at squirtle. The attack hit squirtle
but it had little to no effect. Squirtle did a water gun attack.
The magmar was soaked. I saw this opportunity.

"Pikachu! Thunder bolt!" I yelled.

Pikachu let loose with a large electric attack. The blast hit
the soaked magmar and electrocuted it. The magmar fainted. I
threw a pokeball at it. The pokeball made contact and pulled the
magmar in. The button turned red and it shook for a moment but
then it lay still. I had captured a magmar! But the electric
blast had done more damage than I had thought. I saw a large set
of computers beginning to give off electricity. They were about
to explode. I ran forward and scooped up pikachu and squirtle and
rolled forward just as the computers exploded. The explosion
created a fire wall that I was sure no one could get through. We
looked around in the area we were in. It seemed that this is
where the explosion came from. There were many charred areas. I
looked around and saw several cages. All of the cages were
broken. I saw that there were name plates on the cages. Two of
the plates caught my eye. They had the names "POKEMON # 151
- Mew" and "EXPERIMENTAL POKEMON #150 - Mewtwo"
written on them. The cages had been ripped open. There was no
where else to go. The room was on fire and I knew that this
section was about to collapse. Squirtle went over to the fire
wall and began to spray it with water. It seemed to be having
little effect. But squirtle kept spraying. Soon the fire wall
began to diminish, little by little. Soon it was weak enough that
we could jump through it. I scooped up pikachu and squirtle again
and jumped through the fire wall just in time. The room behind us
had collapsed. I started running as fast as I could while holding
my pokemon. The area we were running through began to collapse. I
kept running. Soon we made it back to the front area and I
charged to the front door. Then a flaming beam fell from the
ceiling and landed in front of us. Squirtle let loose with a
water blast on the flaming beam and I hurdled it. I ran through
the front door and stopped short of running into Andrew and Ian.
I turned to see the building engulfed in flames. The Cinnabar
fire department was already there. Blastoise and squirtle were
helping out with extinguishing the flames. I went up to one of
the scientists and handed him the pokeball that held magmar. He
took it happily and ran off to another lab before I could give
him the files I had scooped up. I decided I would give them to
the scientists later. Later that evening in the pokemon center, I
pulled out the files I had collected. I was surprised to see that
included with the files was the journal of Professor Blaine! I
read the journal. Apparently Prof. Blaine is the gym leader and
the Administrator of all the labs on Cinnabar. A few entries
caught my eye.

One of the entries read :

We have captured a brand new species of pokemon. We have named
it Mew. It appears to be a very friendly pokemon. Perhaps we can
clone it and see what we can do with a pokemon with this much
potential.

Another entry read:

We were successful in cloning the pokemon Mew. Although the
cloning process is not exactly perfect, we have created a new
pokemon that is very close to Mew. We have named the new pokemon
Mewtwo.

The next entry read:

Genetic test five has been completed. This test was to prolong
the life span of a pokemon. Most pokemon have a life span of
about 8 to 10 years. This new gene therapy will increase those
numbers by 5 or 6. On another note, these test seem to be having
large side affects on Mewtwo. He has doubled in size and is
becoming less and less cooperative and more and more violent. We
must find a way to curb his violent tendencies. I am afraid to
think of what may happen if he is let loose...

One entry read:

These side affects are getting worse, but the advancement of
science is crucial. Mewtwo has gained the ability to speak
english. He has threatened many of my employees and is becoming a
bother. Also there seems to be some strange energy waves
emanating from him. I do not like the look of this. But we must
keep testing. Experiment fifteen will commence in a few days.

I closed the journal. This was very sickening. The terrible
things they had done to an innocent pokemon. I was going to tell
Ian and Andrew what I had just read, but I decided not to. In the
morning I was going to confront Blaine about a badge and then
about this Mewtwo business. These crimes against nature must be
taken care of.